Historical on-time performance
Santa Ana to Minneapolis
1,522 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SNA–MSP arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights
based on 592 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time78%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.7%Flights592
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline52%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)19%
- Late aircraft29%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly SNA → MSP
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.
- Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,087 flights
- Middays75% on time · p90 45 min · 650 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 87% on time.
- Saturdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 165 flights · limited
- Wednesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 238 flights
- Tuesdays85% on time · p90 35 min · 162 flights · limited
- Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 295 flights
- Fridays84% on time · p90 30 min · 297 flights
- Mondays83% on time · p90 25 min · 297 flights
- Sundays75% on time · p90 45 min · 283 flights
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